PFE is betting on monthly obesity treatments and new oral programs to challenge LLY and NVO in a market projected to hit $120 billion by 2035.
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Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY) plans to reduce its previously announced €2.7b investment in Germany by half. The company links the cutback to European drug pricing reforms that it says could affect future R&D and manufacturing commitments. The decision highlights rising friction between large pharmaceutical companies and European governments over efforts to limit healthcare spending. Eli Lilly is a major global pharmaceutical company with a broad portfolio of branded drugs and a pipeline of new...
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<body><p>STORY: Big pharma is receiving pushback from European capitals on drug pricing. </p><p>So they’re turning to a playbook that brought them success in the UK.</p><p>Making threats to pull investment plans to pressure policymakers. </p><p>The industry notched a win when the British government agreed to increase medicine spending as part of a broader deal to avoid U.S.-imposed tariffs. </p><p>The latest nation to face pressure is Germany, which has been debating legislation to tighten spending on medicines. </p><p>A Reuters European Pharma correspondent Maggie Fick said pressure in the last week has ramped up. </p><p>"The CEO of Pfizer wrote a letter to the German chancellor warning that their future investments in the country may be at risk over these proposed changes to pricing laws."</p><p>Meanwhile, AstraZeneca warned that it may not launch new medicines in Germany if these changes go ahead.</p><p>Earlier in June, Eli Lilly announced it would halve a planned $2.7 billion investment, also citing the proposed legislation. </p><p>This bid to cap costs has centered Germany in a broader tussle between drugmakers and European governments that began several months ago.</p><p>That tension has been sharpened by the impact on Europe of U.S. President Donald Trump's pricing push.</p><p>This aims to tie prescription medicine prices in the lucrative U.S. market to lower prices elsewhere, including in Europe.</p><p>Major drugmakers have struck deals with the White House to lower drug costs in exchange for tariff exemptions, adding to pressure for increasing prices elsewhere.</p></body>
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Eli Lilly (LLY) became the first pharmaceutical company to cross a $1 trillion market valuation in November last year, carried largely by its highly lucrative obesity and diabetes medications, such as Mounjaro and Zepbound. Now the same demand that built that fortune is creating friction with the ...
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Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY) is acquiring 4E Therapeutics, adding MNK inhibitor candidates aimed at non opioid chronic pain treatment. The deal expands Lilly's neuroscience pipeline beyond its existing focus on metabolic and diabetes therapies. Jaypirca has reached a key clinical milestone in the Phase 3 BRUIN CLL-322 trial in relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia when used with venetoclax and rituximab. These developments represent fresh, material updates for Eli Lilly that relate...
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The move could expand Novo's reach in a key obesity-drug market.
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